8.5 million dinars, the budget of the Aqaba Governorate Council 2023

Al-Anbat - Hussam Alajarmah

The Aqaba Governorate Council and the Governorate Executive Council discussed correcting the 2022 budget, and approved the 2023 budget at 8.5 million dinars, to serve the needs of citizens in the governorate.

The head of the Provincial Council, Imad Amr, said during the meeting, which was held on Monday, in the governorate building, in the presence of the Commissioner for Leadership and Youth in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Ramzi Kabariti, that the council approved the budget at 8.5 million dinars for the year 2023, the largest share of which was allocated to the education, health and youth sectors, Pointing out that the council holds a different view of the budget for this year and the next, focusing on leadership, education, youth, rehabilitation and human development.

Amr pointed out that the council is going to introduce new items in its budget aimed at achieving sustainable development in the local community, in addition to agreeing on the principle of partnership with the private sector, the Aqaba Economic and National Zone Authority for Training, Employment, Public Security, the University of Jordan and the Crown Prince Foundation, and the establishment of a fund to support youth entrepreneurial projects and the importance of Training and qualifying them in various fields and sectors to enable them to work in all professions available in the labor market locally and regionally.